Copycat Frozen Butterbeer Two Ways

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter was everything I hoped it would be. From the Castle to Ollivander’s it is like stepping into the magical world. My absolute favorite part was eating lunch at the Three Broomsticks. The food was amazing and of course there was Butterbeer. The Frozen Butterbeer was my favorite thing in the entire park and I couldn’t get it enough of it. I wanted to stop every time we passed a cart. When I got home, I got to work trying to replicate the recipe, I came up with a lot of different versions and finally got one I felt was close.

I have including two recipes below, the one that is more complicated is more authentic but it does take some baby sitting. If you want taste in less time, try the easy recipe!

Copycat Frozen Butterbeer (More Complicated Version)

Ingredients:

1 liter bottle of cream soda

1 cup heavy whipping cream

1/2 C butterscotch topping

Refrigerate the soda overnight. Pour the entire bottle of cream soda into a 9×13 baking dish and place it in the freezer. Freeze for 30 minutes, pull the dish out and break up the ice and then freeze again. Repeat the process for two hours until you have the perfect slushy soda. Whip the heavy cream until soft peaks start to form. Add 1/2 C of Butterscotch topping and blend until smooth. Combine the slushy soda and cream in layers in the glass for the perfect butterscotch perfection.

Copycat Frozen Butterbeer (Easy Version)

Ingredients:

1 liter bottle of cream soda

1 cup heavy whipping cream

1/2 C butterscotch topping

Freeze 2/3 of the soda in ice cube trays. Add ice cubes, the last third of the soda to a blender and blend until slushy. Whip the heavy cream with the butterscotch topping until soft peaks form. Add the slushy to a cup and top with the butterscotch whipped cream.

Have you ever been to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter? Which kind of Butterbeer is you favorite?

Ack! My adult son will tease me that I don’t know what Butter Beer is because I’m not that far in the series yet. And i’ll say umm, yeah, duh, beer made with butter…but why are they having kids drink it. Now I am astonished because it never occurred to me that it’s whipped butterscotch!!